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While watching the dress parade in New York in which the First Minister did his best to promote Scotland by wearing a slightly futuristic kilt, I had a long conversation with a lady who was one of the organisers.
Seeking a separate reference to the impact on the community simply makes that impact one of the balancing factors within best value and not a fundamental purpose of best value itself.We are proposing to add to best value through amendments 1 and 31 and we support amendment 62,...
To improve services we must ensure that we achieve best value for the money available. The massive increase in the number of ministerial positions and the escalating costs for the new Parliament building will put an added drain on the funds available.
You would fully expect those of us who are charged with responsibility for the public purse to get best value, while ensuring that operational requirements are met.
Does he agree that working with the majority of pupils who are concerned about discipline to develop effective disciplinary practices in schools is the best way of dealing with the minority who disrupt our schools?
The Executive does not support the proposal to establish an autism-specific facility, as it does not believe that a centralised facility would provide the best service for people throughout Scotland.